at the moment, it's 40 degrees at o'hare, and it's dry out there. take a look at the at this point temperatures, in the low 30s. it's going to be probably in the low 30s for lows tonight. winds rather blustery out there, and take a look at the wind gusts at this hour. very gusting conditions. and that's producing windchill temperatures about 10 degrees colder than the air temperatures. so if you're headed out tonight, it's colder than you think. this is the ten-day temperature projection. notice that chunk of cold air drifting into the midwest, pulling out and drifting back. that's thursday. daytime highs on thursday in the 30s, but that whitish area, the coldest air yet. that's probably about 10 or 11 days away. we'll continue to keep a close watch of that. the big story in the midwest has been the snow in minneapolis, and the rest of minnesota, as well as northwestern wisconsin. some reports out of that area suggest as much as a foot of snow is falling, and it continues to fall at this hour. skiers, on the other hand, ought to be delighted with th